The rosters for the Deron Williams and Vince Carter Nike Skills Academies are out. The camps are taking place June 23-26.
The Paul Pierce and Amare Stoudemire academies begin June 28 and the LeBron James Skills Academy runs July 5-8 in Akron, Ohio.
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The prestigious NBAPA Top 100 Camp tips off today in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The event, put together by Dave Telep of Scout, includes most of the top players in the nation from the Class of 2010, including Harrison Barnes (pictured). The camp also features 39 additional rising seniors and 12 of the top players in the Class [...]

Three weeks after winning the Bob Gibbons U17 Tournament of Champions, Team Final added the Rumble in the Bronx championship to its resume.
The Pennsylvania-based AAU team beat Cali Supreme 73-58 on Sunday to win the U17 Gold bracket at Fordham University, according to Jeff Borzello of the NBE Report, who is all over this tournament.
St. [...]

The Rumble in the Bronx, one of the premier Grassroots events of the summer, tips off on Friday at Fordham and Manhattan Universities.
The event will feature many of the top teams and players in the nation, including Mike Gilchrist, Dion Waiters and Markus Kennedy of Bob Gibbons champion Team Final.
Also featured will be a New [...]

Latavious Williams, a 6-7 wing from Humble (Texas) Christian Life Center ranked the No. 6 power forward in the nation, pushed his college announcement until Tuesday in Houston.
“About 2  o’clock [Central Time]. I didn’t do anything today,” he wrote in a text.
Williams will decide between Georgetown, Memphis, Oklahoma, Kansas State and Florida International. He previously [...]

The Nike Elite Youth Basketball summer schedule is out and the big news is the LeBron James Academy in Akron, Ohio from July 5-7 is closed to college coaches.
In past years, all the college coaches convened at the University of Akron to watch many of the top players drill and compete in games.
This year’s event [...]

One of the more intriguing questions during the spring travel team season is not what school Lance Stephenson or John Wall will sign with, but what does Chris Rivers’ move back to adidas mean for the grassroots circuit?
Rivers (pictured at left above with O.J. Mayo)  is currently the Director of Basketball at Reebok and directs [...]

NorthStar Basketball is running a Top 120 College Showcase Oct 5. at the Mercer County Indoor Facility at the Mercer County Airport in Mercer, NJ.
The event will feature skills/drills/guest speakers and NCAA recruitment seminars. Division 2 and 3 coaches will be in attendance. Cost is $125 per player. Register online at www.northstarbball.com

Twenty-four hours after the Boost Mobile Elite 24 event at Rucker Park, Nike will host a High Elite Youth All-Star Game at Goat Park.
The day will feature several games, and some of the top prep players in the area are slated to attend: North Carolina commit Dexter STrickland of St. Patrick (pictured) and Villanova-bound Maalik [...]

There are some last-minute roster changes for Friday’s Boost Mobile Elite 24 event at Harlem’s Rucker Park.
Jereme Richmond is unable to play due to state rules/compliance and is being replaced by Syracuse commit Dion Waiters from Philadelphia. St. Patrick of Elizabeth standout Michael Gilchrist is out for undisclosed reasons, and is being replaced by Memphis-bound shooting [...]